With the Budget due to be delivered on the basis of a No Deal Brexit, Labour Finance spokesperson Joan Burton TD has said there should be a commitment to using the money available in the Rainy Day Fund to support industries and jobs impacted by a crash out exit by the UK. Deputy Burton said:…

Labour spokesperson on Tourism, Cllr Niall McNelis, says urgent action is needed to address the spiralling insurance costs impacting community events, including the setting up of group insurance schemes. It comes as a new survey from the State’s Public Participation Networks shows nearly half of community and voluntary groups around Ireland have had to cut…

Labour Party Health spokesperson, Alan Kelly TD, has called on the Minister for Health to publish the HSE Winter Initiative in light of worsening trolley numbers. Deputy Kelly said: “Analysing the trends from INMO Trolleywatch figures, the amount of people on trolleys looks to hit an unprecedented number of 10,000. “Excessive trolley numbers like these…

Responding to the announcement the Bernard Shaw is set to close at the end of October. Newly elected Labour Party Councillor for the area Kevin Donoghue, has called on the Minister for Culture Josepha Madigan, to urgently establish a consultative forum to recommend ways to protect and revitalise Dublin’s famous arts and culture tradition. Cllr Donoghue…

Labour spokesperson on Agriculture, Willie Penrose TD, has urged all sides in the beef crisis to step back from the brink as the threat of an all-out shutdown of the industry looms. Deputy Penrose said: “The only way to resolve this dispute is through face to face negotiations. All sides need to come to the…

A selection of photographs from the Labour Party Away Day are available at the link below for open use.  

‘Building an Equal Society’, opening address by Brendan Howlin TD To the Parliamentary Labour Party Away Day In Nano Nagle Centre, Cork. We believe in the fundamental equality of every person, and the right of every person to a decent standard of living. I believe that a great many people share this belief and want to see…

The most glaring example of inequality in Ireland today is that of the housing and homelessness crisis, with the Government still failing to deliver adequate affordable and social housing. That’s according to Labour Housing spokesperson Jan O’Sullivan, who says a new approach to the problem is needed. Speaking at the Labour Party’s national Think-in Cork…